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Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm Mike Baker.

Your eyes and ears on the world stage this morning coming to you from an undisclosed location,

apparently in an airport lounge,

somewhere on my way out to the Middle East. It's back to playing Where's Waldo? All right, let's get

briefed. We start things off today with America's ongoing crackdown on illegal migrants as the

first deportation flights to Guantanamo Bay begin,

and El Salvador's president offers to house U.S. deportees, no matter their citizenship,

in his nation's notorious megaprizen. Later in the show, President Trump is gearing up for a showdown

with Iran, reportedly set to sign a memorandum,

restoring his maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic nation. Plus, more fallout from Trump's

suggestion of emptying Gaza, with Arab nations publishing a joint letter, well, that should do it,

expressing opposition to any efforts to

relocate Palestinians. And in today's back of the brief, the new administration continues to slash

the federal U.S. workforce as over 20,000 employees take a buyout deal, with more resignations

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